DECEMBER 2023 - JANUARY 2024

CLOSING THE RING OF UNCERTAINTY

Is about how deficiencies in nomenclature can play a role in affecting health care quality. Read More

APPROPRIATIONS ACTION NEEDED 

Discusses events on Capitol Hill to produce 12 spending bills for FY 2024. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Looks at large language models and digital health, along with federal budget deficits and government spending. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Describes recent federal efforts to strengthen institutional quality and program integrity to help ensure students are well served by the institutions of higher education they attend. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)  

  • Mortality in Adults Age 65 and Older: United States, 2000–2019 

  • Black Mother's Experiences, Communication, And Support In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  • Inhalable Sensors To Enable Early Lung Cancer Detection

  • Underground Anti-Aging Secrets From Burrowing Rodents Read More

     

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES  

  • Addressing The Rising Mental Health Needs Of The Aged

  • Higher Education Accountability Policy

  • Quiz Challenge On Noncommunicable Diseases Read More

IMMIGRATION, SDoH, THE MICROBIOME, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES

Refers to a conceptual approach used as a lens through which to explore recent research about social determinants of health, biological factors associated with changes to immigrants' microbiomes, and long-term health outcomes. Read More

SYNTHESIZING METHUSELAH AND ARTIFICIAL AGELESSNESS

Pertains to whether designers should imbue artificial general intelligence (AGIs) with artificial mortality via an internal shut-off point. Read More

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